Our citizens do not only want to participate in sport and recreation but they also want to see those who represent them internationally raise our flag high with pride. We have recently seen our National Under-20 football team, Amajita, eliminated from the Fifa Under-2O World Cup; the senior cricket team struggling to stamp their authority at the 2019 International Cricket Council, ICC, Cricket World Cup, and Banyana Banyana also failing to proceed to the second round in their maiden year of the Fifa Women's World Cup. We must however acknowledge that despite their lack of experience at world cup level they fought a brave fight and showed rare stoicism.